An NFC-enabled apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC-enabled apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.

An NFC-enabled apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC-enabled apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.

A pacifier comprising a base portion, a body portion and a nipple attached to the body portion is disclosed. The pacifier comprises a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag arranged in such a position that when the NFC tag is triggered by the electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby NFC device integrated in the NFC device, the NFC tag transmits digital data in the form of a unique ID, back to the NFC device.

An NFC-enabled apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch screen display and a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an NFC antenna and an NFC controller. In response to tagging between the NFC-enabled apparatus and the external NFC terminal, an NFC communication channel is established between the NFC-enabled apparatus and the external NFC terminal for data communication therebetween.

An electronic apparatus includes a touch panel with a detection function, an antenna for near field communication, a proximity sensor configured to detect proximity of a communication medium and located near the touch panel, and a processor. In a case that the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the communication medium for communicating with the antenna, the processor sets an operating mode of the electronics apparatus to a near field communication mode for a wireless transmission by the antenna and stops the detection function of the touch panel.

An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.

According to one embodiment, a file transmission/reception device includes a communication direction managing unit and an application unit. The communication direction managing unit, in near field communication, cuts off a connection with an opposing device in a case where a conflict occurs with the opposing device, and, after being reconnected to the opposing device, switches the file transmission/reception device to any one mode of a master mode and a slave mode. The application unit performs transmission, reception, or transmission/reception of a file between the opposing device and the file transmission/reception device in the master mode or the slave mode in accordance with a mode specified by the communication direction managing unit.

A wireless communication device includes a battery, and a platform powered by the battery, with the platform including a processor. The device also includes a voltage regulator powered by the battery, an ultra-wideband communication unit powered by the voltage regulator via the platform when the platform is powered up, and a near-field communication unit powered directly by the battery, and being configured to order the voltage regulator to power the ultra-wideband communication unit when the platform is powered down.

An electronic device comprising an array antenna according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first plate and the second plate; a display visible through a part of the first plate; a first printed circuit board comprising a first surface facing the side member, a second surface facing away from the first surface, a first edge adjacent close to the first plate, and a second edge closer to the second plate than the first edge, the first printed circuit board comprising one or more conductive plates on the first surface; a second printed circuit board extending from the first edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surface, the second printed circuit board comprising one or more first conductive patterns; a third printed circuit board extending from the second edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surface, the third printed circuit board comprising one or more second conductive patterns; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive plates, the first conductive patterns, and the second conductive patterns and configured to transmit and/or receive signals. Various other embodiments may be possible.

An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving magnetic field signals in a magnetic field communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a controller configured to generate a communication signal, matching units that are configured to receive the communication signal and that respectively correspond to different matching frequencies, and loop antennas that are connected to the matching units, respectively, and that are configured to convert communication signals according to the different matching frequencies into magnetic transmission signals in the form of magnetic field energy and to transmit the magnetic transmission signals.